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Posted: Wednesday - March 10, 2010
A vote, at last, on reform

Whether President Obama gets a final up-or-down vote on health care in the next two weeks, as he wants, or a little later, it hardly matters now. What seems certain is that, with the president's prodding and engaged commitment at last, a final vote on comprehensive reform again seems probable.

Posted: Wednesday - March 10, 2010
Step ahead, step back in Mideast
Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Israel this week to reinforce U.S.-Israeli ties and to foster Mideast peace talks. He also seeks to convince leaders of the Jewish state to join other nations in seeking sanctions against Iran and its nuclear program rather than initiating unilateral military action against that country.
Posted: Tuesday - March 9, 2010
A tax increase for growth
Although the City Council will have the final say, it now seems likely that Chattanooga's property owners will see a property tax increase -- the first since Sept. 11, 2001 -- this summer, Mayor Ron Littlefield said Monday.
Posted: Tuesday - March 9, 2010
A nominee to lead the TSA
President Barack Obama has caught a lot of grief for leaving the top job at the Transportation Security Administration open for more than a year after assuming office.
Posted: Monday - March 8, 2010
Enact cap on towing fees
Chattanooga has no law setting a limit on what a towing company can charge for removing a vehicle from private property.
Posted: Monday - March 8, 2010
High cost of food-related illness
An estimated 76 million people in the United states are sickened annually by foodborne illnesses.
Posted: Sunday - March 7, 2010
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'Average' rates miss point
An editorial on this page nearly three weeks ago discussed the 56 percent increase in cumulative profits -- from $7.8 billion to $12.2 billion -- taken by the nation's five largest health insurers in 2009 when many Americans were struggling through the Great Recession's job layoffs, furloughs, frozen salaries and loss of health-care insurance.
Posted: Saturday - March 6, 2010
Hope in Iraq's elections
Sunday's national elections in Iraq, the most important marker to date in the nation's shift from tyranny to democracy, should be celebratory.
Posted: Saturday - March 6, 2010
Protect the Bluefin and sharks
With the push nationally and globally to eat more fish to improve health, Americans unfamiliar with fishery issues could be forgiven for thinking that the oceans' fisheries remain bountiful.
Posted: Friday - March 5, 2010
Rep. Rangel steps down
Rep. Charles Rangel, a 40-year veteran of Congress and the flamboyant Democratic chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has acted for several years as if he were entitled to get away with greedy behavior that takes advantage of his office.
Posted: Friday - March 5, 2010
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To test or not, that is the question
New American Cancer Society guidelines released Wednesday suggested that regular screening for prostate cancer may be of questionable value, and that in some instances may cause more harm than good.
Posted: Thursday - March 4, 2010
Postal Service in trouble
There’s little doubt about it. The U.S. Postal Service is in trouble. Numbers tell the tale. The number of items handled by the post office declined from 213 billion in 2006 to 177 billion last year.
Posted: Thursday - March 4, 2010
Honoring students and teachers
The stereotypical image of the relationship between contemporary public high school students and their teachers is, unfortunately, an adversarial one. Like lots of supposed cultural touchstones, though, that particular portrait is more wrong than right.
Posted: Wednesday - March 3, 2010
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Political change in Georgia
U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal's announcement Monday that he will resign from Congress to focus on his campaign for Georgia governor will have significant impact on two political races.
Posted: Wednesday - March 3, 2010
Sen. Bunning’s cruel hold
Examples of extreme, obstreperous partisanship in the U.S. Senate have become commonplace the past two years. But few are as symbolic of what’s gone wrong in the Senate as the cruel stunt Sen. Jim Bunning, a Kentucky Republican, is pulling now to get attention to his point of view.
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